Japan portraits

Rachel and Daniel got to show off their portraits from Japan this summer on their birthdays, so in the interest of fairness, here are Lisa and Andrew, and them all together.





I wish I could show you the ones of Andrew and Daniel with swords, but we don't have rights to post those, unfortunately...

Andrew takes on Homer

For all you classical literature fans, here is Andrew's comic-book style interpretation of a story from The Odyssey. Click on the pictures to get a big enough version to read...

iTunes milestone

Sunset

Due to the shape and orientation of our house and position of trees, we can't see the western sky from inside. I guess that's nice for keeping the house from getting too hot in the evening in the summers, but it also means we don't see sunsets very often, unless we happen to be out in the yard at the right time. The other day we were out at the right time. Here's what it looked like.

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

In honor of Daniel's birthday, here are a couple of pictures of him.

Daniel's wisdom on what it's like to be a year older: "It doesn't feel much different. Except I'm happy because I got presents."

:)

Thanksgiving

No photo for this one, but I just wanted to say we enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving. It was fun just eating lots of good food and hanging out with family and eating and taking it easy and eating and getting some yard work done (the weather has been really nice) and eating and getting the Christmas lights up and eating.

We have been blessed in so many ways. Life is good.

Happy Birthday, Rachel!

In honor of Rachel's birthday, here are a couple of pictures of her, one old and one recent. Isn't she cute? She's such a good young lady, and we're very glad to have her in our family!